The IRT Foundation is currently seeking applications for projects that demonstrate a positive impact on the health and overall quality of life of the ageing population in Australia. More specifically, your project should aim to help older adults transition from their working life into retirement and their later years, ultimately encouraging social participation. Your project could seek to overcome such barriers as financial, social, geographic, circumstancial, cultural or discrimination reasons.

If this sounds like it applies to your NFP, and you have a project which fits this criteria, then you may wish to submit your application. When applying for the IRT Foundation Grant, your application should include the following 3 issues.

1. How the barriers to social participation will be addressed;

2. The areas of need of the target group and what factors contribute to their disadvantage or vulnerability, and;